title: One size fits all: or horses for courses? Recovery-based care in specialist mental health services.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The ‘recovery approach’ to the management of severe mental health problems has become a guiding vision of service provision amongst many practitioners, researchers, and policy makers as well as service users.
  
  
  METHODS
  This qualitative pilot study explored the meaning of ‘recovery’ with users of three specialist mental health services (eating disorders, dual diagnosis, and forensic) in 18 semi-structured interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The relevance of themes identified in mainstream recovery literature was confirmed; however, the interpretation and relative weight of these themes appeared to be affected by factors that were specific to the diagnosis and treatment context. ‘Clinical’ recovery themes were also seen as important, as were aspects of care that reflect core human values, such as kindness.
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turton
authors.forename: Alexia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demetriou
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boland
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gillard
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kavuma
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mezey
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mountford
authors.forename: Kati
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zadeh
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D015897:Comorbidity; D003289:Convalescence; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019365:Metaphor; D033262:Narration; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012945:Social Values; D013038:Specialization; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*